Dear Religion,
I’ve made my decision
I am living on the other side
of the cross
I’m not lost
I’m just living on the other
side of the cross
I’m
living in my finished place
Where for
you, there is no space
I’m no
longer standing where we first met
But I
won’t forget
The
journey thus far
Of
discovering who we are
We are
not the same at all
That’s
why I no longer hear your call
I’m no
longer weeping at the foot of the cross
Where
I first tossed
All my
cares
And
became aware
Of my position
there
I’m no
longer traveling through the cross
Where
I became no longer lost
On my
journey
Because
Christ’s fire kept burning
On the
inside
And I
realized I had already died
With
Him before my entrance into Earth space
And I
wasn’t even a special case
It may
sound strange, but I remember
And I’ve
become Truth’s defender
He
became humanity
Erasing
all vanity
From
our hearts
So, we’d
never be apart
From
Him
Love
sure did win
A
tremendous victory
The
rest is history
So, I
moved on in my journey
All
the while discerning
That
the space between my now and then
My
present and has been
Is
what distanced me
From our
previously
Shared
perception
And
caused painful rejection
Even
from those I purposed to love and treasure
Without
measure
For
the rest of my days
Because
Religion, you hate the blaze
Of unquenchable
fire
That
opposes your desire
To
tame it
So, you
blame it
On
everything but the truth of the matter
We
either gather or scatter
Jesus
said it
And
then He bled it
As He
gathered all humanity into His bosom
And
became the womb
Of
Eternal Life
Making
us His wife
So, I
had no choice but to move forward
Closer
and closer toward
The
other side of the cross
And here
I am, not lost
But
actually found
And
unbound
No
longer tied to a religious token
Cause
I’ve awoken
To the
resurrection of my inner man
Something
Religion, you’ll never understand
Having
died and risen with Christ
I’ve
headed His advice
To be
continually born again
And to
go wherever He sends
Cause
I’m never alone
I’ve
found my home
And it’s
on the other side of the cross
Christ
as me, and I as Him
Love
always wins
So, Religion,
I’ve made my decision
I am living on the other side of the cross
I’m not lost
I’m just living on the other
side of the cross.
© 2019
Christine Lombard; All rights reserved; Use only with permission
